Letter To Freeport

Freeport Memorial Day Observance & Parade Orders

On Monday, May 25, 2015, the Village of Freeport and the various Veterans and Civic groups will conduct a Memorial Day Parade and Service.  We would be most grateful if your group or civic organization would attend the Parade and Service.

The Parade will start at Freeport High School on Brookside Avenue promptly at 10:00 am.

The Parade will conclude at Freeport Memorial Library where the Observance and Program will take place.  

  This year’s Parade and Observance honors the 70^th Anniversary of WWII and some surviving Veterans of that world changing conflict.  Participating will be Freeport Village Administration including Mayor Kennedy and the Nassau County Sheriff’s Honor Guard.

If your organization has not contacted the Parade Committee please contact David Cockerel at (516) 410-9994 or email us at wcspost342@gmail.com.  We look forward to celebrating our Veterans and our community with this Parade.   Many phone numbers and contact information has changed so please call or email us. 

Dugout - May Newsletter 2015

Dugout - May Newsletter 2015   Special WWII Edition 

Freeport Memorial Day Observance Honors WWII Veterans

We at the Post are proud of you and your service to our wonderful nation.  We here at the William Clinton Story Post would like you to share your story and we would like to put it in the Dugout for our May 2015 issue.  

The May Issue of the Dugout will highlight the Freeport Memorial Day Observance & Parade.  We ask that you send us your information in the following format:

1)      Your Name, Rank at Discharge and Branch of Service

2)     Where you served during WWII (Europe, Asia, Pacific, Atlantic, etc.)

3)     What was your MOS (Job in the Service)

4)     Please tell us of any battles or engagements you were part of (Leyte Gulf, D-Day, Iwo Jima, etc)

5)     Please give us a brief account of your experience.

6)     Please send us a copy of  a photo of yourself during WWII and now.  

(e-mail us at wcspost342@gmail.com or mail to the address on the letterhead.  Photos retained by the Post. 

Do not send original photos.)  Photos and info can be e-mailed in .pdf, jpg or other formats.

Also, if you would like to participate in the Parade let us know.  We would like to consider you as a Parade Marshall for the upcoming Memorial Day Observance.

We also extend this courtesy to the families of Legionnaires and Veterans of WWII who have now passed from time into eternity.

Please send us the information asked for above and your loved one will be part of the Freeport Memorial Day Parade and Observance.

Contact:  David Cockerel @ (516) 410-9994 or email the photos and biography to wcspost342@gmail.com. 

Again, we thank you for your service, your membership in the American Legion and your continued support of our Post.

For God & Country

  

David Cockerel, Editor

By Direction

Parade Committee: James Sweeney, Chairman, Ed Martin, Ben Kissling, Sandy Cannon, Calvin Andrew and David Cockerel, Co-Chairman • Coy Richardson, Commander – William Clinton Story Post 342, Freeport, N.Y.

April Newsletter Addendum

Addendum

In the April 2015 'Dugout' it was reported that "The Village of Freeport has given a long term lease of the building at 925 S. Ocean Avenue to the American Legion on October 1, 2012 under Past Cmdr. Nehrich and Former Mayor Andrew Hardwick."

It was indeed under the tenure of Past Commander Nehrich as Commander of William Clinton Story Post 342 and in the year 2012 that William Clinton Story Post 342 was given a long term lease on the building at 925 S. Ocean Avenue by the Freeport Village Board of Trustees during the term of the last Mayor.

The statement in the Dugout is not false, but given some complaints, we choose not to in any way to minimize or neglect the work of the Village Board of Trustees.

D.N. Cockerel, by direction.

WWII Photos

CMDR. Richardson has ordered a special edition of the "Dugout" for Memorial Day that highlights WWII Veterans who have photos of themselves during the WWII.   

Please e-mail copies of your photos and your story to 'wcspost342@gmail.com' or mail your photos with your story/bio to "William Clinton Story Post 342, P.O. Box 7339, Freeport, N.Y. 11520" by April 18, 2015.

Updates and Notices

2015 Freeport Memorial Day Parade Committee Meeting has been postponed and will be held at Freeport Memorial Library on Tuesday March 10th 2015 at 7:00 pm.  

Committee Chairman James Sweeney wants to hear any concerns, criticism or suggestions on what can be done better and to welcome all organizations who want to participate.

You can contact the William Clinton Story Post 342 (Freeport ,American Legion) at this e-mail address; wcspost342@gmail.com

Thank You For Your Support

The Parade Committee-William Clinton Story Post 342 Legionnaires: James Sweeney- Chairman, Ed Martin, Ben Kissling, Coy Richardson-Commander, Saundra Cannon,Calvin Andrew & David Cockerel

If you want something published in the "Dugout" for next month and hereafter, see the information below.

 

Articles, Information & News

The Commander has informed me to make available space in the Dugout and on this website for articles, information and news beneficial to the Post from Legionnaires within the Post.  

The Commander also wants notifications of updates sent to Legionnaires, Veterans and Citizens who have interest in the Post.

Anything that a Legionnaire submits for print in the “Dugout” must be submitted under the following criteria:

1)     Know and abide by The American Legion’s principles when participating on social computing networks.  (see the American Legion Information page on this website)

2)   Make sure you identify yourself and your relationship to the American Legion; make sure your speaking for yourself and not the American Legion or any other entity that has not authorized you to do so.

3)   Respect Copyright Laws.  Submit photos you have taken with your article, information or news if you have it.  Any photos not submitted to the Post or that have not been expressly released by the source will not be used in the Dugout.

4)   Understand you are directly responsible for any information submitted for publication and that the information submitted is subject to editing as the Post Commander or his assigns see fit.

5)     Defamation is generally any false communication that harms a person's reputation; decreases the respect, regard, or confidence in which a person is held; or induces disparaging, hostile, or disagreeable opinions or feelings against a person. Defaming others is against the law and can have serious consequences.  The Editor of the Dugout, the Adjutant and the Commander can and will deny publication of any defamatory content.

6)   Respect the privacy of others. Divulging private information of others can be a criminal offense. Respect others.  Do not publish content that is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, offensive, profane, or otherwise violates the rights of others.

7)    Have all materials available for publication in the “Dugout” at the time of the Post Meeting or email it to the Editor, Adjutant or Commander by the third Friday in the month for publication in the “Dugout” for the following month.

8)   Articles, information and news a Legionnaire wants published on this website can be posted in the “comments” section at the bottom of any Posted article.  For specific items for a ‘new post’ on the website information will be emailed to the Editor and the Commander and Adjutant are to be “Cc’d”.

Thank You For Your Support

Commander Coy Richardson

Americanism

Principles of Americanism

The characteristic that distinguishes our form of government from others is the recognition of the truth that the inherent and fundamental rights of men are derived from God and not from governments, dictators, or majorities.

The unalienable rights, which are the gifts of man from his Creator are: freedom of worship;

freedom of speech and press;

freedom of assemblage;

freedom to work in such occupation as the experience, training and qualifications of man may enable him to secure and hold;

freedom to enjoy the fruits of his work, which means the protection of property rights;

and the right to pursue his happiness so long as he does not harm others in the pursuit of this happiness.

Upon these basic principles, the structure of our form of government was established. 

(from the Americanism Manual of the American Legion)
(click this link http://legionpost342.blogspot.com/p/americanism.html)

http://legionpost342.blogspot.com/p/americanism.html click the link
http://burnpit.legion.org/2013/01/american-legion-position-second-amendment
http://www.legion.org/shooting, http://www.legion.org/boysnation

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This website will dedicate a page to Americanism.   We will extol the activities of Americanism that William Clinton Story Post 342 participates in and is in support of in the Village of Freeport, Nassau County and New York State.